unit selection save crash

[3dmadness]

After I set the "order of battle" for the first mission (German in my case) I go to save the layout and the game just closes, it just goes straight to the desktop no error report or anything, it just clean closes the game.

I have no idea what’s wrong and any input would be greatly appreciated. I have eliminated the possibility of it being my hard ware but i am still using 32-bit vista and i know that causes issues. I have also increased memory allocation and followed the guide to minimise crashes but it still happens.

=scach that it always crashs on save=

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